Bridge (disambiguation)

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A bridge is a structure built so that a transportation route can cross above an obstacle.

Bridge can also refer to:

Entertainment, arts, and media

Bridge whist or straight bridge, the original game
Auction bridge, the form of the card game popular from its derivation from whist and bridge whist in about 1903 until superseded by contract bridge beginning in 1926
Contract bridge, the modern and most common form of bridge; derived from auction bridge primarily by means of changes to the scoring system

Any of these may be played as:

Duplicate bridge, in which the same set of deals are played by all competitors, each scored separately, and then the results are based upon their relative performance
Rubber bridge, the basic game, where two partnerships play until one has won two games, called a rubber
Singaporean bridge, a re-invention of the game with very different rules
Chicago (bridge card game), which is played similarly to rubber bridge but a session is limited to four deals

Bridge (1949 film), a 1949 Chinese film, generally considered the first film produced in the Peoples Republic of China
The Bridge (1969 film), A Yugoslav film made in 1969
Bridge (1988 film), a 1988 USA–USSR film

Bridge (music), an interlude that connects two parts of song
Bridge (instrument), the device that anchors the strings to or holds the strings above the body of a string instrument, such as a violin or guitar
- 3rd bridge, an additional bridge added to a string instrument to produce overtones and a distinct timbre
Bridge (Blues Traveler album)
Bridge (Joey Cape album), Cape's first solo album, released in 2008
Bridge (Speed album)
Bridge Records, Inc., a record label
Red House Painters (Bridge), the third album by Red House Painters, often referred to as the Bridge album.
Bridge, a Japanese-language album by Hound Dog (band)
W281BE, a radio station licensed to Fort Mill, South Carolina, United States called 104.1 the Bridge
"Bridge" (song), a song by Queensrÿche

Adobe Bridge, digital asset management software
Bridge, in clock- and watchmaking, a component in an ébauche
Bridge circuit
- Bridge rectifier, an electronic circuit for converting alternating current to direct current
- H-bridge, an electronic circuit which enables DC electric motors to be run forwards or backwards
- Wheatstone bridge, an electronic circuit for comparing resistors, capacitors or inductors to high standards of accuracy
Bridge camera, generally considered to fill the niche between single-lens reflex (SLR) and compact point-and-shoot cameras
Bridge pattern, a computer science design used to separate an abstraction and its actual implementation
Bridging (networking), the action taken by IT network equipment to allow two or more communication networks to create an amalgamated network
Protocol bridge, an electronics device or piece of software that translates from one communications protocol or programming API to another

Bridge (chemical), an unbranched chain of atoms or an atom or a covalent bond connecting two bridgeheads in a polycyclic compound
- Salt bridge (protein) (or salt bond), in protein chemistry, is the term used to denote chemical bonds between positively and negatively charged side-chains of proteins
Bridge (graph theory), an edge whose removal disconnects a graph
Myocardial bridge, a heart defect
Salt bridge, in chemistry, a laboratory device used to connect the oxidation and reduction half-cells of a galvanic cell (electrochemical cell)
Brownian bridge, in probability theory, the conditional distribution of a process pinned both at the origin and at the end point.

Bridge (dentistry), a fixed prosthesis used to replace missing teeth
Bridge (exercise), most commonly, the balancing of the body on the head and feet
Bridge (grappling), in wrestling, a move intended to dislodge an opponent in top control
Bridge (interpersonal), in social networks, a relationship that acts as a communication channel between different groups
Bridge loan, a short-term loan to cover a gap in time until a new long-term financing is realised
Bridge program (higher education), a higher education program